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20 Leigh Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 3FF

23/504808/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 23 July 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use from a Residential to a C2 Residential Accommodation Use.

Received
24 November 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Murston
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Mar
  4. Target23 Jul
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 242 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 20 Leigh Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 3FF. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 242 days, 27 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Murston. We hold 2,142 applications in total for the ME10 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Maidstone Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
ME10 3FF
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2023
Consultation expiry
28 December 2023
Last date for comments
29 March 2024
Target decision date
23 July 2024
Committee meeting
18 July 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
242 days

Publicity

Site notice start
7 December 2023
Site notice end
28 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12542366
Documents
73

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    22 Aug

    Section 73 Application for Variation of condition 3 (to include residential accommodation for persons who…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/503206/FULL
  2. 2023
    24 Nov

    Change of Use from a Residential to a C2 Residential Accommodation Use.

    This applicationApprovedFull23/504808/FULL

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